I believe dreams are our subconcious/unconscious mind, our core human desires speaking to us. We are essentially talking to ourselves. They seem nonsensical but there is method. www.dreammoods.com. Check it out. I'm a Carl Jung fan, and he is a member of the pyschologists who developed these definitions.
Here's a hint though. Your subconscious likes plays on words.
Example: if you see a badger in your dream it can mean that you are being "badgered" in your
I've been to that site. It has a lot of cool ideas. But sometimes I feel like our dreams go beyond just being an outlet for the sub-conscious mind. I could be wrong. Obviously these are all just theories. But I'm always interested in what people believe about this.